>Volcano erupts in Indonesia
>Locals don’t notice because they have shit weather radar
>747 flies through the dust cloud
>All 4 engines get filled with volcanic ash and burn out
>“Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.”
>Spend 12 minutes gliding, dropping 23,500 feet in the process
>The pilots are preparing to be the first 747 ever to attempt a water landing
>Finally one of the engines restarts
>But ILS is offline
>Windscreen is completely opaque due to ash, no way to clean it
>Manage to land running entirely on instruments
>Fatalities: 0
>Injuries: 0
Survivors: 263

  • slaacaa@lemmy.world
    2·
    8 months ago

    The level of stakes at some jobs are crazy.

    Another example: if the powerpoint slides my team prepares for a board meeting are not pretty enough, my director might be sad.

    • drolex@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      8 months ago

      I literally cannot tell the difference.

      Source: am manager, and sometimes my underlings don’t toil hard enough in the PowerPoint mines.